Patents by Inventor Kenji Yabe

Kenji Yabe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030048328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid discharge recording head comprising a substrate on which an energy generating element for generating liquid discharging energy is provided, and an orifice plate which is laminated with the substrate and in which a discharge port corresponding to the energy generating element is provided, and wherein a liquid droplet is discharged in a direction substantially perpendicular to surfaces of the substrate and the orifice plate, and further wherein a flow path is formed between the substrate and the orifice plate, a groove encircling the flow path is formed in the orifice plate, and edge portions of the orifice plate contacted with the groove are formed as saw-shaped portions having a number of minute indentations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Inamoto, Haruhiko Terai, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Kurihara, Kenji Yabe
  • Patent number: 6527367
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head comprises a plurality of pairs arranged correspondingly on one base plate, having at least a plurality of heat generating resistive elements for use of ink discharges arranged on the base plate for generating thermal energy for discharging ink as ink droplets; a plurality of ink discharge ports each arranged in a position facing each of the heat generating resistive elements; a plurality of ink flow paths each communicated with each of the ink discharge ports; and elongated ink supply ports arranged on the base plate along the lines of the heat generating elements for use of ink discharges, being communicated with the plurality of ink flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20020122101
    Abstract: An ink jet head comprises a substrate bearing a liquid discharge pressure generating element for generating energy for discharging liquid from a discharge port, a flow path forming member adjoined to the substrate and forming a flow path communicating with the discharge port through a position on the liquid discharge pressure generating element, and an adhesion layer formed in at least a part between the substrate and the flow path forming member and having an adhesion force with respect to the substrate and the flow path forming member larger than an adhesion force between the flow path forming member and the base, wherein the adhesion layer is formed, in a portion where the stress in the flow path forming member is concentrated in a direction of peeling from the substrate, in an area wider than the adjoining area between the flow path forming member and said adhesion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventor: Kenji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20020063756
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head that is capable of avoiding damages due to cavitation of an electrothermal converting element and thus extending its life is provided. The ink jet recording head comprises a plurality of ink discharge ports for discharging ink; a plurality of electrothermal converting elements provided to be associated with each of the ink discharge ports, respectively, for bubbling and discharging the ink; a plurality of pressure chambers for containing the electrothermal converting elements and providing spaces for heating and bubbling the ink; a common liquid chamber for supplying ink to the plurality of pressure chambers; and a plurality of ink flow paths for communicating the pressure chambers with the common liquid chamber. The ink flow paths are arranged such that central lines in a direction of ink supply to the pressure chambers are positioned offset from central lines of the electrothermal converting elements in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Ken Tsuchii, Mineo Kaneko, Masaki Oikawa, Ryoji Inoue, Kenji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20020041307
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head comprises a plurality of pairs arranged correspondingly on one base plate, having at least a plurality of heat generating resistive elements for use of ink discharges arranged on the base plate for generating thermal energy for discharging ink as ink droplets; a plurality of ink discharge ports each arranged in a position facing each of the heat generating resistive elements; a plurality of ink flow paths each communicated with each of the ink discharge ports; and elongated ink supply ports arranged on the base plate along the lines of the heat generating elements for use of ink discharges, being communicated with the plurality of ink flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventor: Kenji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20020021326
    Abstract: A liquid discharge recording head, comprising a plurality of orifice strings each having a plurality of orifices arranged correspondingly to respective recording liquids for discharging the recording liquids of a plurality of colors, a plurality of liquid flow paths and electrical heat converting elements corresponding to the plurality of orifices, and a plurality of liquid supplying apertures arranged along the orifice strings for supplying the recording liquids of the plurality of colors to the plurality of liquid flow paths, wherein the orifice strings corresponding to the recording liquids of the plurality of colors are symmetrically arranged about the head scanning direction regarding the same color of the recording liquids and the head has a plurality of chambers having communication with the liquid flow paths in the opposite side of the orifice strings with the liquid supplying apertures therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Mineo Kaneko, Kenji Yabe
  • Patent number: 4786558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite film comprising a plastic film and a protective layer which is formed on at least one surface of the film, wherein the protective layer is made of a mixture comprising (a) an inorganic swellable silicate having a layered structure and (b) a compound containing a silanol group at a weight ratio of (a) to (b) of between 1:1000 and 2:1 and an antistatic composite film comprising a plastic film and a coating layer which is formed on at least one surface of the film, wherein said coating layer is made of a mixture comprising (a) a swellable inorganic silicate having a layered structure and containing at least one ion selected from among aliphatic ammonium ions having at most 6 carbon atoms, sodium ion, silver ion and lithium ion as an interlayer ion and (b) at least one member selected from among water-soluble compounds and water-dispersible resins at a weight ratio of (a) to (b) of between 1:1000 and 2:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sumiya, Kenji Yabe, Takashi Mimura, Satoyuki Minami
  • Patent number: 4542164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame-retardant polyolefin foam comprising a polyolefinic thermoplastic resin consisting mainly of a homopolymer of .alpha.-olefin or copolymer of .alpha.-olefins having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; 2 to 10 percent by weight as bromine content, based on the weight of the foam, of a bisphenol A-based brominated epoxy resin or a crosslinked product thereof; and 0 to 25 percent by weight, based on the weight of the foam, of an inorganic filler. The foam of the present invention has superior flame retardancy and thermoformability in addition to the superior heat insulating property and shock absorbing property of the polyolefin foam, and because of these superior characteristics it is useful as an automotive interior material, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishioka, Akira Nakamura, Kenji Yabe
  • Patent number: 4362775
    Abstract: A polyester film-heat-bonded metal sheet is provided, which comprises a biaxially oriented polyester film or films, heat-bonded to a metal sheet by means of an adhesive layer interposed therebetween. The adhesive layer is made of a polyblend comprised of, based on the weight of the polyblend, 5 to 80 wt. % of at least one high melting point polyester having a melting point of at least 200.degree. C. and 20 to 95 wt. % of at least one low melting point polyester having a melting point of at least 100.degree. C., but not higher than a temperature which is 5.degree. C. lower than the melting point of the high melting point polyester. The polyblend may contain a minor amount of a polyolefin resin. The polyester film-heat-bonded metal sheet has good formability and is suitable for cans and other containers. The containers exhibit enhanced impact resistance, adaptability to retort treatment and corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yabe, Masayoshi Asakura, Hiroki Sano, Masanori Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4183749
    Abstract: A diffusion transfer photographic film, in which a film of a polyethylene terephthalate copolymer is a part of the constituents thereof, the polyethylene terephthalate containing about 3 to about 20% by weight of a polyalkylene glycol, as a glycol component comonomer, based on the weight of the polyethylene terephthalate copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Yabe, Atsuhiko Soda, Satoyuki Minami, Osamu Iida
  • Patent number: 4112175
    Abstract: A nonporous flexible sound insulating sheet is provided which is composed of 50 to 90 wt.% of a nonwoven lead fiber fabric and 10 to 50 wt.% of a vinyl chloride polymer reinforcing material. The reinforcing material fills the spaces between individual lead fibers of the nonwoven fabric to secure the individual lead fibers in their places. The lead fibers are substantially uniformly distributed in the nonwoven fabric and are disposed such that the axes of the lead fibers extend, as a whole, substantially at random in all directions, and such that the lead fibers are not exposed on the surface of the sound insulating sheet. The sound insulation sheet has a thickness of 0.3 to 2.0 mm and a specific gravity of 2.0 to 6.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kikuchi, Hirotsugu Suzuki, Kenji Yabe